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PUEBLA. Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District , comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico . It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla.
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Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalitiesand its capital city is Puebla. It is located in East-Central Mexico. It is bordered by the states of Veracruz to the north and east, Hidalgo, México, Tlaxcala and Morelos to the west, Guerrero and Oaxaca to the south. Most of its mountains belong to the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. The first is locally called the Sierra Norte del Puebla, entering the state from the northwest and then breaks up into the smaller chains of Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Sierra de Huauchinango, Sierra de Teziutlán, Sierra de Tetela de Ocampo, Sierra de Chignahuapan and Sierra de Zacatlán, although these names may vary among localities. The state has a widely varied climate due to the range of altitudes. It has an average temperature of 16C but this varies greatly locally.
The state has three main ecosystems, forests in temperate and cold areas, tropical rainforest and arid and semi-arid zones. Natural attractions in the state include the Bosque Mesófilos de la Sierra Madre Oriental in the north of the state,Piedras Encimadas Valley,Izta-Popo Zoquiapan National Park,La Malinche National Park, and thePico de Orizaba National Park. The state is divided into seven socioeconomic regions for planning purposes: Region I-Huauchinango, Region II – Teziutlán, Region IIICiudad Serdán, Region IVSan Pedro Cholula, Region V – Puebla, Region VIIzúcar de Matamorosand Region VIITehuacán.